Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Analyst: Security Will Drive Windows-to-Mac Switch (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A financial analyst predicts that the ubiquity of computer viruses, and Apple's success in its music ventures, will drive more and more Windows users to switch to Macs.
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Netgear Takes Wireless LANs to the Next Level (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Networking specialist Netgear is taking wireless LANs to the next level with the launch of equipment that promises to deliver data at speeds matching wired Ethernet connections. The new equipment also promises to extend the reach of wireless systems for homes and businesses.
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Worm Targets Linux Systems (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - A new worm that attacks Linux systems and exploits several vulnerabilities in the operating system has been reported, and security firms are urging caution among users.
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Quest Software Shares Rise on 3Q Results (AP)
AP - Shares of Quest Software Inc. rose sharply, a day after the company reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations.
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Funds could move on C&W, says chief (FT.com)
FT.com - Richard Lapthorne, chairman of Cable and Wireless, on Tuesday signalled the UK's second-largest fixed-line telecoms network operator could become a takeover target for private equity funds following a recent profits warning.
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Microsoft sees up to 3 mln early Xbox 360 sales (Reuters)
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Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said it expects to sell as many as 3 million Xbox 360s in the first three months after its launch -- a strong start in its battle to dominate the market for next-generation gaming consoles.
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U.S. wireless carriers take aim at adult content (Reuters)
Reuters - With Internet and video more readily available on wireless phones, the major U.S. carriers on Tuesday unveiled guidelines aimed at limiting children's access to adult content and services.
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Linspire offers to license all Korean PCs for $5M
Following a warning from Microsoft that it may stop selling Windows in South Korea, Linspire President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin Carmony has offered to license his company's distribution of Linux and basic office productivity software for use on every computer in the country for $5 million. ...
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Saturday, November 05, 2005
Dirty Downloads Ready to Go on IPods (AP)
AP - Purveyors of porn and entrepreneurs who spied a niche when Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its video-playing iPod are proving that sex even sells in tiny packages — especially when it is portable.
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Inmates hold the keys to the doors in hi-tech prison fiasco
IT WAS supposed to be the ultimate hi-tech answer to prison security. But the jail of the future has instead become a fiasco, with inmates able to unlock doors while warders cannot.
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Scientists hail T-ray cancer scan progress
SCOTTISH scientists are developing a new type of scanner that uses a little-known type of radiation to detect hard-to-spot types of cancer.
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Future TV set to be picture perfect
IT HAS changed the way we live and the way we look at the world, but the television is about to undergo a dramatic transformation of its own.
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Grand Theft Auto sweeps the Golden Joysticks
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may be symbol of all that's wrong with computer games to some, but it has been the most popular title at the Golden Joystick ceremony in London. The game, which was briefly withdrawn from sale in the US after softcore pornography was found on it, won five of the 19 a...
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Internet fathers get presidential medal
Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf, who developed the TCP/IP protocols used to transmit traffic across the Internet, next week will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award. President George Bush announced the recipients on Thursday. The Net's founders are two of severa...
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Market growing for refurbished, used iPods
The popular iPod Nano and the just-released video iPod are expected to lead a surge of holiday sales for Apple Computer. Research firm Fulcrum Global Partners predicts Apple will sell 10 million iPods in the fourth quarter, a strong follow-up to the 7 million sold in the previous quarter. But not al...
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Microsoft's Other OS
Microsoft Research has developed a prototype of a microkernel operating system, code-named 'Singularity.' Its most surprising feature: It has nothing to do with Windows. Contrary to popular opinion, Windows isn't the only operating system in which Microsoft is investing.The Microsoft Research t...
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Grandpa is sued over grandson's downloads
A 67-year-old man who says he doesn't even like watching movies has been sued by the film industry for copyright infringement after a grandson of his downloaded four movies on their home computer. The Motion Picture Association of America filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Fred Lawrence of R...
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Electronic paper moves from sci-fi to marketplace
In Neal Stephenson's sci-fi novel "The Diamond Age," a young girl's companion is a book with amazing qualities -- it talks, and the words magically change with the story. A decade after Stephenson's book was published, what was once labeled science fiction is finding its way to the real-world mar...
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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 RC1
Thunderbird is a free, open-source and cross-platform mail client for most operating systems including, but not limited to, Windows, Linux and Macintosh. It is based on the Mozilla codebase. It is a robust and easy to use client, similar to competing products like Outlook Express, but with some majo...
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Nigeria joins anti-spam union
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has teamed with Nigerian officials to warn internet users of fraudulent junk email, known as Nigerian 419 scams, that attempt to con recipients into handing over cash. Although the scams have been a problem for a number of years, the partnership has just issued a ...
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